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Ask HN: Speech to Text Journal App

5 points by jimnotgym ↗ HN
It occured to me that my drive home would be an excellent time to be able to record a journal of the days activities. I would love to see a transcription of what I said in my Onedrive, or some journalling application on my laptop when I got home. I suppose this is the equivalent of speaking into a dictaphone and giving it to my PA in the morning, except I have neither a PA nor a dictaphone! Does this exist in the market already?

Otherwise lets discuss the architecture of potential software solutions!

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aristofun
Whats there to architect? )

Google speech recognition API => export function

sharmi
Not OP. I have tried this before. The quality of speech recognition drops steeply. Especially, if the topic is niche/not mainstream.
blkhp19
I’m working on this for iOS - I’ve recorded a daily voice memo journal for the last 1155 days, and when I finish the app, I’ll import all of them and let the speech to text take place.

My goal is to have a searchable record of my life, and a good excuse to reflect on my days. I’ll keep you posted!

[dead] mayerxo
I often use https://audext.com/ for work or study. I think the same application can be used to transcribe audio notes. Thus, you can even write a book